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Commercial division update: The mere continuation approach to successor liability

New York Law Journal

Authors:

Thomas J. Hall
 
Judith A. Archer
 

United States |  Publication |  April 2020

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In their Commercial Division Update, Thomas Hall and Judith Archer discuss the “mere continuation” doctrine as one exception to the general rule in New York that the liabilities of a selling business do not travel to the acquirer.

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